oil industry

The Oil and Railroad Industries are claiming that proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and put the U.S. energy revival a... Read more

It was reported last month in an article by David Prior in the Claims Journal that governments and the oil spill industry cannot effectively and ethically mitigate oil spills on the ocean. I... Read more

The Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation has decided that more than 300 suits filed since the April 20th oil rig explosion will be heard in New Orleans. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbi... Read more

Until Congress reins in the special interest lobbyists our national government will never function as it should. For years, lobbyists have called the shots in Congress and in many regulatory... Read more

All of the world now knows about the massive oil spill resulting from the explosion and sinking of the oil platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th. When we sent this i... Read more

When one considers all of the wrongdoing and corruption that’s been uncovered involving many in Corporate America over the past few years, it’s evident that the federal and state governments... Read more

Any lawyer who has ever been involved in litigation against the powerful and politically influential oil industry knows how little regard the companies have for safety. If anybody really bel... Read more

I believe Troy King will defeat Luther Strange in the Attorney General’s race. I was rather amused that Luther tried to inject my name into this race when he claimed I had endorsed Troy whic... Read more

As we have reported in past editions, our firm continues to play an important role in the Hot Fuel Litigation which is consolidated in Kansas City, Kansas. At the center of the litigation i... Read more